Victoria police launch new search for fugitive Dezi Freeman based on intelligence derived from ‘gunshot’
More than 100 police and volunteers to join targeted five-day search of Mount Buffalo national parkFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA major new search has been launched to find fugitive Dezi Freeman – or his remains...
<p>More than 100 police and volunteers to join targeted five-day search of Mount Buffalo national park</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/02/australia-news-live-desi-freeman-porepunkah-shooting-search-nationals-leadership-spill-littleproud-liberals-sussan-ley-angus-taylor-andrew-hastie-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A major new search has been launched to find fugitive Dezi Freeman – or his remains – almost two months after investigators ended their last effort to find him.</p><p>More than 100 police and volunteers will hunt for the man near an area searched in December, more than five months after two officers were fatally shot at Freeman’s property.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/02/victoria-police-launch-new-search-for-fugitive-dezi-freeman-based-on-intelligence-derived-from-gunshot">Continue reading...</a>
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